Category Archives: Administrivia

PSA: Comment Notifications

Posted on 2023-06-01 by jcs

I just discovered that, once again, Disqus has stopped sending me notifications when someone comments on an Irreal post. This happened before. For several months I got no notifications. Then, suddenly, mysteriously they started up again. I’m hoping it won’t … Continue reading →

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Outage

Posted on 2023-04-13 by jcs

Sorry folks. The Irreal International Headquarters and its neighbors have been without Internet access all day. It just came partially back so I’ve decided to push today’s post to tomorrow and get this notice out while I still can.

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Nicole

Posted on 2022-11-09 by jcs

Sigh. This is November and we here is Florida were primed for some benign weather: not hot and horribly humid and certainly not any hurricanes. Nicole didn’t get the memo. Right now (Tuesday evening), Nicole is still a tropical storm … Continue reading →

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Weather Alert

Posted on 2021-07-06 by jcs

The wannabe hurricane known as tropical storm Elsa is due at the Irreal bunker later tonight. It’s currently on the line between tropical storm and hurricane but in either case the winds will likely be high enough to cause potential … Continue reading →

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No Post Today

Posted on 2021-04-07 by jcs

I’ve been under the weather most of the day and am only now beginning to feel better so there will be no (substantive) post today.

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Irreal Problems

Posted on 2021-02-06 by jcs

I just discovered this past week that I’m no longer getting emails notifying me of comments to Irreal posts. As far as I can tell, the problem started either with the new year or when I upgraded the Disqus WordPress … Continue reading →

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New SSL Certificate

Posted on 2020-12-16 by jcs

Some of you may have been inconvenienced this morning by Irreal’s expired SSL certificate. As usual, my provider didn’t give me a heads up about the pending expiration so the first I knew about it was when I tried to … Continue reading →

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New Image on Blog Page

Posted on 2020-04-02 by jcs

Anyone who’s been around here for more than a day will recognize that Irreal now has an image at the top of the page. That’s because I just got a theme update and now’s there a big empty (framed) spot … Continue reading →

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Irreal SSL Certificate Update

Posted on 2019-12-17 by jcs

The new Irreal SSL certificate is (finally) activated. Despite appearances, I’ve been dealing with this since last Friday when I discovered the old certificate had expired. Of course, I got no notification of a pending expiry, just a browser exception … Continue reading →

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Expired SSL Certificate

Posted on 2019-12-13 by jcs

I noticed this morning that Irreal’s SSL certificate expired last night. I’ve ordered a new one that should be active shortly (although it was a hassle last time so who knows). In the mean time you can still reach the … Continue reading →

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